A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture

Abacus abbey aisles Altar ancient angles appear applied arch arrangement Beverley minster buildings buttresses called canopies capital carved castle cathedral ceilings chancel chapel choir church circular classical architecture columns commonly considerable corbel cornice crockets Decorated style door doorways Doric Doric order Early English Early English style enriched entablature especially examples feathered fillet finial flat foliage frequently Gothic archi Gothic architecture Grecian hall heads hollow impost ings jambs Kent kind Lincoln cathedral lower ments middle ages minster mouldings mullions nave niches Norman style Northamptonshire numerous occasionally octagonal ogee orna ornamented ovolo Oxford Oxfordshire Oxon panels parapet Perpendicular style pierced pillars pinnacles placed plinth porch projecting quently resemblance ribs Roman Roman architecture roof round sides small shafts sometimes Southwell minster specimens spires splay square stone Sussex term tiles timbers tomb towers tracery trefoils triglyphs turrets unfrequently upper usually vaulting wall west end